SEND Teacher in Leeds, West Yorkshire

North Leeds, West Yorkshire
Competitive Daily Rate | PAYE Weekly Pay
Full-Time | Long-Term Opportunities Available

In SEND education, success isn't always measured by test results.

Sometimes it's a pupil feeling safe enough to enter the classroom. Sometimes it's making a new friend, regulating their emotions, or attempting something they never thought possible.

We're recruiting a passionate and adaptable SEND Teacher to join a specialist school and alternative provision setting in North Leeds, supporting children and young people with a variety of additional learning, communication and behavioural needs.

This is an excellent opportunity for qualified teachers looking to make a genuine difference within SEND, SEMH, Autism, Complex Needs, Alternative Provision and Specialist Education settings.

As a SEND Teacher, you will:

✅ Plan and deliver engaging, differentiated lessons tailored to individual needs

✅ Support pupils with Autism (ASC), SEMH, ADHD, PMLD, MLD, SLD and Complex Learning Needs

✅ Create a safe, structured and nurturing learning environment

✅ Build positive relationships that encourage confidence, engagement and independence

✅ Adapt teaching strategies to support diverse learning styles and communication needs

✅ Work collaboratively with Teaching Assistants, SENCOs, therapists and pastoral teams

✅ Monitor progress and celebrate individual achievements

✅ Support pupils' emotional wellbeing alongside their academic development

✅ Promote positive behaviour and inclusive learning practices

We're seeking a teacher who:

✔ Builds strong and trusting relationships with pupils

✔ Maintains a calm, patient and flexible approach

✔ Understands the importance of inclusive education

✔ Is committed to helping every child achieve their full potential

✔ Can adapt quickly to meet the needs of diverse learners

✔ Demonstrates resilience, empathy and professionalism

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills Status (QTLS)
• Experience teaching within SEND, SEN, SEMH or specialist education settings desirable
• Strong classroom and behaviour management skills
• Ability to differentiate learning effectively
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Enhanced DBS on the Update Service, or willingness to obtain one
• Right to work in the UK

Applications are welcomed from teachers with experience in:

• SEND Schools
• SEN Schools
• SEMH Schools
• Alternative Provision (AP)
• Pupil Referral Units (PRU)
• Autism Specialist Settings
• Complex Needs Schools
• Special Educational Needs Teaching
• Behaviour Support and Inclusion
• Trauma-Informed Practice
• Therapeutic Education

Many teachers move into SEND because it reconnects them with the reason they became educators in the first place.

Working in specialist education offers the opportunity to:

Make a measurable difference in young people's lives

Work within supportive and collaborative multidisciplinary teams

Focus on individual progress and meaningful outcomes

Develop specialist SEND and SEMH expertise

Access long-term and permanent career opportunities

Positively influence pupils' confidence, wellbeing and future prospects

✅ Weekly PAYE pay with no umbrella companies or hidden deductions

✅ Free CPD and accredited training programmes including:

• SEND Best Practice
• Behaviour Management
• Team Teach
• Safeguarding
• Autism Awareness
• SEMH Support
• Thrive Training

✅ Dedicated specialist education consultant

✅ Flexible opportunities to suit your preferences

✅ Access to outstanding specialist schools and provisions across Leeds and West Yorkshire

✅ Long-term, temporary-to-permanent and permanent opportunities

Already Thrive trained? Fantastic.

If not, Protocol Education can provide access to FREE Thrive Training, helping you strengthen your understanding of emotional development, trauma-informed practice and relational approaches that are highly sought after within specialist education settings.

Whether you're an experienced SEND Teacher or a qualified teacher looking to transition into specialist education, we'd love to hear from you.

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All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

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